Bakewell Castle
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Bakewell Castle was in the town of Bakewell, Derbyshire (grid reference SK221688).
It was a motte and bailey castle built in the 12th century. Now only the earthworks remain.[1][2]. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Razed to the ground, as a consequence of the English Civil War.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Bakewell Castle". CastleUK. http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_midlands/119/bakewellcastle.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980). The David & Charles Book of Castles. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 182. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3.
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